1. Paint Activity
2. Culture Graphic Organizer
3. finding information from graphs
4. Children's work
5. lesson plan I
6. lesson plan II
Africa
King of Another Country
By
Fiona French
Questions To consider
2. Why do people sometimes say 'yes' to things when they really want to say 'no'?
Food
click on the link above and find the word that means vegetable soup.
school
click on the link above an d find what the first level of school in nigeria is called and how long it lasts.
alphabet
click on the link above and find how you would say 'Good morning' to an adult. Also, find which letter in the nigerian alphabet sounds like the english letter 'a'.
Cultural diversity activity for grades 3-5 integrating math and science
getting information from graphs
2. Does the temperature rise or drop from January to July?
3. Which month receives the most average rainfall, January or July?
4. What is the average rainfall in July?
5. What is the average temperature high for the month of July?
The weather in Lagos is rather pleasant all year round. They do not have harsh winters or really hot summers. The hottest month in Lagos is January. In the United States, however, January is one of the coldest months of the year. The coolest month in Lagos is August. During the month of August, the temperature drop to about 80 degrees fahrenheit with a low of only 70 degrees fahrenheit.
Children's work
Lesson Plan I
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Date
Learning About Our World Through Literature
and Technology
Title of Lesson
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Lesson
I Learning With Technology About Our
World
Title
of Lesson
King of Another Country
Lesson
I Learning With Technology About Our World
Title of Lesson
General
Information
Name: Danielle Walker
School/Mentor Teacher: Hallmark Heights Head Start/ Mrs. S. Godfrey
Grade Level: Head Start
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural
Understanding)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson: 55 minutes. (This lesson can be
presented in 2
sessions)
Primary Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. Student will be able to use the mouse while operating the computer
to find
information related to a multicultural children’s story.
B. Students will listen to a story about another culture.
C Students will work cooperatively in small group to make a story picture about things they learned from the story.
Related
QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with
Internet
connection, a picture developed using a computer drawing program, and a
designed website that includes computer painted picture and links to
cultural
websites that represent the country in multicultural literature
book.
Elementary students will use computers to view website developed for
multicultural literature book.
Part One: PAINT PICTURE ACTIVITY
1. Work with a small group of students (2-5). Show students the
PAINT
picture on your page.
Ask the children to use the mouse to point to various objects in the picture and tell them to describe them or name them.
Read the text under the picture then read the questions. Write their responses individually on a large sheet of chart paper that also has the questions on it.
This story takes
place
in a small village in
a. Have
your
parents ever asked you to do something around the house and you really
wanted
to do something else? What are some of the things you'd have
rather been
doing?
b. Why
do
people sometimes say 'yes' to things when they really want to say 'no'?
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Reading the story:
Introduction to story: King of Another Country
1 Read the title of the book, author, illustrator, and do a picture walk with the students
_King of Another Country by Fiona French
Ask some questions or point out words or objects:
a.
What do you think this story is going to be about?
b.
Where do you think this story takes place?
c. vocabulary word: harvest, forest, king
Read the story to the children
Ask the children to decorate or enhance the chart picture with their own words or pictures related to the story.
Assessment
of the Primary Learning Outcomes
Now that we have visited my website, and listened to a story about Nigeria,
tell us what you wrote or drew on the chart paper from the story and
why
you chose to put it on the page.
Rubric:
|
Level 3 |
Level 2 |
Level 1 |
|
Student is able to use the mouse to control the computer with no or little assistance. |
Student is able to use the mouse to control the computer with much assistance. |
Student is not able to use the mouse to control the computer. |
|
Student responded with accuracy to all the questions about the culture and were able to draw or write words accurately that related to the story. |
Student responded with accuracy to some the questions about the culture and were able to draw or write words accurately that related to the story. |
Student was unable to respond with accuracy to questions about the culture, and did not draw pictures that accurately represented the story. |
lesson plan II
Lesson Plan
II
Learning About Our World Through Literature
and
Technology
Title of Lesson
Global Diversity: Exploring the World Through Literature
Title
of Lesson
Global Diversity: Exploring the World Through Literature
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Date
Lesson II Learning About Our World Through Literature and Technology
Title of Lesson
General Information
Name: Danielle Walker
School/Mentor Teacher: Hallmark Heights Head Start
Grade Level: Head Start
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson: 55 minutes. (This lesson can be presented in 2 sessions)
Primary Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. Student will be able to use the mouse while operating the computer
B. Student will be able to respond to questions about a diverse cultures and languages other than English from the cultures.
Related QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills
Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.
B. Grade: K
Social Studies Georgia Performance Standard
Geographic Understandings
SSKG1: The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community and family celebrations and customs (this also includes the cultures represented by children from other countries who are enrolled in our schools, whose native language is other than English)
Materials and Equipment
1. Computer with Internet connection set to your Global Diversity Graphic Organizer:
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/food.html
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/education.html
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/languages.html#Yoruba
2. Multicultural children’s book: King of Another Country by Fiona French
3. Colored markers, crayons, and chart paper
4. Paper or props related to the multicultural story that you read in lesson I
5 Markers, crayons, points, etc. You can also use the PAINT program if there is time for each student to create a PAINT picture.(Students’ work will be scanned or saved and will be posted on your Global Diversity page.)
Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with Internet connection, a picture developed using a computer drawing program, and a designed website that includes computer painted picture and links to cultural websites that represent the country in multicultural literature book. Elementary students will use computers to view website developed for multicultural literature book.
Step One Introduction
Show students the graphic organizer and talk about your country and also how it relates to the story you read them earlier: King of Another Country
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/food.html
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/education.html
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/languages.html#Yoruba
(Estimated Time 15 minutes)
Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcome
Ask the students to take turns reading the questions for each web site and ask them to tell you what they see or to provide the information from the questions:
1. Click on the link above and find the word that means vegetable soup
2. Click on the link above and find what the first level of school in
3. Click on the link above and find how you would say 'Good morning' to an adult. Also, find which letter in the Nigerian alphabet sounds like the English letter 'a'.
Step Three: Assessment
a. Give students props or paper, and ask them to write words or draw pictures that relate to what they learned from going through the web sites.
b. Ask them to describe and tell what they drew or wrote.
(Estimated Time: 15 minutes)
Assessment the Primary Learning Outcomes
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the mouse to control the computer.
B. Social Studies
Student will be assessed through answers to questions, illustrations, and discussions about diverse cultures.
(Estimated Time: 15 minutes)
Closure
Read student responses together, or ask each student to read or tell what they drew on the chart.
You will need to save the students’ pictures and answers as evidence for your lesson plan learning goals. Later you will scan the students’ papers to place in your ECE Portfolio. You will also share your chart in class when you present your activity.
| Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 |
| Student is able to use the mouse to control the computer with no or little assistance. | Student is able to use the mouse to control the computer with much assistance. | Student is not able to use the mouse to control the computer. |
| Student responded with accuracy to two of the critical thinking questions about the story | Student responded with accuracy to one of the critical thinking questions about the story | Student responded with accuracy to none of the critical thinking questions about the story |
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